NH AIM/ERASE Maternal Mortality Webinar Series - Tools for Successful Conversations Around Firearm Safety

Thursday, September 11, 2025, 12:00 PM - Monday, September 11, 2028, 1:00 PM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

This session will detail tools for successful conversations around firearm safety in the perinatal care setting. Our AIM implementation team and the NHPQC will briefly share administrative updates and relevant elements from New Hampshire's active Patient Safety Bundles. We will then hear from Jim Esdon, Senior Program Coordinator at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center’s Injury Prevention Center, who will walk through resources and protocols for discussing firearm safety with patients. We will end the hour with an interactive Q&A session.

Presenters

Jim Esdon
Senior Program Coordinator
Injury Prevention Center
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Emily Brayton, RN
Perinatal Outreach Nurse
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
NNEPQIN

1. Discuss best practices for constructive dialogue about firearm safety with patients.
2. Identify one or more provider trainings and/or firearm safety resources for patients that can be incorporated into the perinatal care setting.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

American Medical Association (AMA)
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Bibliographic Material

• Addis, K. New National Study Finds Homicide and Suicide is the #1 Cause of Maternal Death in the U.S. Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Published online January 30, 2025. https://www.smfm.org/news/new-national-study-finds-homicide-and-suicide-is-the-1-cause-of-maternal-death-in-the-us

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Preventing Firearm Injury and Death. CDC. Published online July 5, 2024. https://www.cdc.gov/firearm-violence/prevention/index.html

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Four in 5 pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are preventable. September 19, 2022. Accessed February 9, 2023. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0919-pregnancy-related-deaths.html

• Chen Y, Shiels MS, Uribe-Leitz T, et al. Pregnancy-Related Deaths in the US, 2018-2022. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(4):e254325. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.4325

• Schaeffer, K. Key facts about Americans and guns. Pew Research Center. Published online July 24, 2024. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/24/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/

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